Overcoming photon blockade in circuit QED single-atom maser with engineered metastability and strong coupling
arXiv:2209.05165 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.107.L031701
Abstract
Reaching high cavity population with a coherent pump in the strong-coupling regime of a single-atom laser is impossible due to the photon blockade effect. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate that in a single-atom maser based on a transmon strongly coupled to two resonators it is possible to pump over a dozen of photons into the system. The first high-quality resonator plays a role of usual lasing cavity, and the second one presents a controlled dissipation channel, bolstering population inversion, and modifies the energy level structure to lift the blockade. As a confirmation of lasing action, we observe conventional laser features such as the narrowing of emission linewidth and external signal amplification. Additionally, we report unique single-atom features: self-quenching and several lasing thresholds.
6 pages, 4 figures, supplementary information
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